Tooth-brush cabinet.



PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

G. A. WEIDHAAS, JR. TOOTH BRUSH CABINET.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27. 1907.

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eUsTAvE A. WEIDHAAS, Ja., 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

TGOTH-BRUSH CABINET.

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Application iiled 11111527. 1907. SerialNo. 381,057.

Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

To 'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAvE A. WEB)- HAAs, Jr., a citizen of theUnited-States, and

a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe countyand State ofv tected, are readily accessibleat any time.

It is another purpose of the invention to provide a construction ofcabinet that will greatly facilitate the drying of the brushes withoutsubjecting them to 4exposure of any kind, and wherein each brush andcompartment therefor may have an especial designation readilydiscernible.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet mounted upon a bracket;Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the cabinet; and Fig. 3is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The cabinet consists primarily of a head A, a bottom section B, atransparent body C, and a carrier block C that is mounted to revolve inthe said body. The head A consists of an upper disk 10 having adownwardly extending ange 10a, and4 an inner disk l1 s aced from thedisk 10 and provided wit an upwardl extending flange 11a, a space -beingma e to intervene the iianges 'of the two disks for a purpose to behereinafter mentioned. The bottom section B consists of a'bottom plate12, which is also in the4 form of a disk, the said plate bein providedwith a downwardly extending ange 12a, and a ring or band 13 extendsvaround the ange o'f the plate 12 and ro jects above the upper face ofthe said (p ate,

as is shown in Fig. 2, and the lower e e of the iiange 12B is receivedin a channel section 13a at the lower edge ofthe or band 13.

The body C is made of Celluloid, glass, orl

any transparent material, and its upper edge is receive in the spacebetween t e flan es 10EL and 11a of the head, while its lower e ge isreceived in the space between the flange 12a and the ring or band 13. Anopening 14 occurs in the body C, extending-from the top 'to thebottomthereof, and the edges of the material at such opening are received inclip standards 15 best shown in Fig. 3,' and these clip standards attheir ends4 are also received between the flan es of the head and themembers of the ottom section B of the device.

A pad of absorbent material 16 is located in the head A, as is shown inFig. 2 the said pad being ada ted to be saturated with an antisepticilui and openings 17 are produced in theouter disk 10 of `the head andother openings 18 are produced in the inner disk 11, theopenings ln-thetwo said disks bein out of vertical alinement, as is indicate in Fig. 2,and a series of openings 19 is likewise produced in the bottom plate 12.

Thus al current of air is admitted to the interior of the body C fromfthey to and any drippings from the brushes D wil find an escape throu hthe openings 19 in the bottom.

The bloc C may be made of wood, metal,

glass, or any suitable material, andis preferably circular. The block Cis provided with al series of vertical cells 20 separated one from theother by vertical peripheral artitions 20, as is best shown. 1n Fig. 3.fhese partitions do not extend to the inner face of the body C, somewhatof a space being made to intervenesaid body and said partitions, as isshown in both Figs. 2 and 3, and

each cell 20 is providedwith an enlargement 20b at its lower portion,asis shown in full `lines in Fig. ,2 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Theupper or shallower portions of the cells' are adapted to receive thehandle portions the cell, rthe bristlesl facing lnward, as is shown indotted lines in Fig. 2.

The cells 20 do not extend entirely around the block or carrier C',since the latter is 'provided at its periphery with a se mental section22,` andthe outer or curve' end of this section 22 isadapted to lievquite close to the inner face of the body C, and the widthv of thesection 22.,. is slightly greater than the yof the tooth brushes D,while the brush sections are received in theenlargement 20b of Iopeningl 14 in the body C, so that when the of the device extends outthrough t -ada ted to be passed throug carrier C/ is turned to bring thesection 22` o osite the o enin 14, said o enin is clibed. Pins 21 ortlgie like, are lodatedone in each cell 20, near its up er end, beingapertures 24 ma e in the outer end portion of the handles of thebrushes.

A'letter 25, or other designating character, is produced. upon thehandle of each brush and a corresponding character may be also producedupon the Wall of the cell containing the brush, so that the given orderof arrangement of the brushes may be preserved and there will be noliability of the wrong brush being removed from the device.4

The carrier C may be revolved vin any suitable or approved manner. Inthe drawings a shaft 26 is shown extending through the handle portion ofthe carrier, the lower end of whichshaft is journaled in the bottomplate 12 of the device, While the upperend ehead A and is provided witha knob 27, preferably fluted or roughened. The bottom section B ispreferably Bprovided with small legs 28,

as is shown in ig. 2, and it may rest upon 'a table or other support,'as for example, a

wall bracket Emay bei employed, in which e'vent the said. wall bracketis provided with a supporting late 28a and pins 29 are carried u from te said plate to engage with the outer ace of the bottom section B of thedevice, and one or more of these pins 29 may be rovided .with set screws30. he flange 13 extends up at the bottom of the opening in the body inorder to prevent the lower ends of the brushes swinging outward as theyare revolved past the opening 14.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In av cabinet for tooth brushesand the like', a hollow body having anopening there` in, and a carrier mounted to revolve in the body andprovided with a series of cells vfor the rece t1on of articles, andhaving a plain sectionetween certain of the cells adapted to close saidopening 1n the body.

i 2. In a cabinet for tooth brushes and the like, a hollow body havingan opening therein, a carrier mounted to revolve 1n said A body andprovided with cells for the reception of articles, devices for holdingthe arti cles in said cells,l and exteriorly .operating means forrotating the carrier to bring the articles in front of the opening.

3. In a cabinet for tooth brushes andthe like, a hollow, transparentbody, opposing heads for the body, said body h opening extendingsubstantially from end to end, a carrier mounted to turn in the body,

which carrier is provided with longitudinal cells for the reception ofarticles, and al sec-I tion for closing the o ening in Asaid cells, a

aving an guard atone end-of t e body opening, and

With cells adapted to besuccessively pre` sented at'the body opening,and a section adapted to close said body o ening.

. 5. In a cabinet for tooth rushes and the like, a hollow, transparentbody, opposing heads for the said body, the up ing hollow and apertured,the lower head being open below and likewise aperturedf said body havinan o ening intermediate the heads, a pac "ng o vabsorbent materiallocated in the hollow head, and a'carriermounted to revolve in the saidbody, Which carrier is i substantia face of corresponding dimensionsadapted to normally close the said body opening, re` taining devices forarticles located in said cells, `and means for rotatin the carrier.

In testimony whereof Il two subscribing witnesses.

GUsTAvE A. WEIDHAAS, JR..

.Witnessesz V J FRED AoxER, JOHN P. DAVIS.

l ave signed myname to this specllicatlon in the presence of` per headbeprovided with-a series of cells of ly the same width and length as thesaid body opening, and with a plain sur-

